Unit One 1
Text A Chaos Theory:the Mathematics of Chaos 1
Text B Floating Frogs 9
Text C Neutron:Lifespan 17
Unit Two 23
Text A A Fantastical Experiment 23
Text B Is Brain Size the Way to Escape from Stupidworld? 37
Text C Termites from Hell 48
Text A Vaccine Revolution 55
Unit Three 55
Text B A Gene for Genius? 65
Text C The Secrets of Faces 71
Unit Four 76
Text A This Year s 10 Hottest Technologies in Telecom(Ⅰ) 76
Text B This Year s 10 Hottest Technologies in Telecom(Ⅱ) 93
Text C Fiber Rival-To the Rooftop 105
Unit Five 112
Text A Sorting Out Cellphones 112
Text B The International Telegraph Union(Ⅰ) 125
Text C The International Telegraph Union(Ⅱ) 131
Unit Six 139
Text A The Scoop on Computers 139
Text B Immunizing Your System 152
Text C Virtual Reality 160
Unit Seven 171
Text A Trust Me,I m Your Software 171
Text B Multilingualism on the Internet 184
Text C Year 2000:No More Silver Bullets 192
Text A Fomenting a Revolution in Miniature(Ⅰ) 199
Unit Eight 199
Text B Fomenting a Revolution in Miniature(Ⅱ) 212
Text C Intelligent Industrial Robots and Development of Programming Aids and Higher Programming Languages 220
Unit Nine 229
Text A The Alchemy of Complaint 229
Text B Budget,Don t Fudge It 239
Text C Income Tax 248
Unit Ten 256
Text A From Here to Eternity 256
Text B The Phantom Particle 270
Text C 21st Century Fighters 278